Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,868, John Forist, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
or 2 Forist, John or Forest Forrest.
NUMBER
S. 34.868. B. & W. 1562-100
CONTENTS
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Notes sent to Arthur D Hall Esq 21 Jan 1828 Senex map
Died Dec. 28, 1828

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Massachusetts
Forrest or Forest or John Forrest
Capt Ball
Private
Mass. Line - War
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Nov. 1818 and sent to John Hooker Esq. Chief Justice. Stockbridge Berkshire by
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818, 4 8 / 30 , 34.13 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.00
6 years $ 82.13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Confirmed
Berkshire by

John Forrest
Affidavit.
Adm When the judges certificate is corrected -
I John Hooker within named do hereby certify that from evidence given me I am satisfied that the re John Forrest the applicant is in reduced circum- stances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support - Oct 24. 1810
John Hooker

District of Massachusetts.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, ss.
ON this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 1812 before the subscriber John Hooker of the County of Berkshire aforesaid personally appeared John Forrest aged 61 years, resident in the Town of the said District—who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said John Forrest enlisted in January 1776 at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Silas Ball at the expiration of which his enlistment of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment for one year in the same company for the remainder of the war. That he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the Peace
when he was discharged from service in Snake Hill in the State of New York 3 June 1783 and that said discharge is destroyed by time and accident. That he was in the battles of East Chester, Newtown, Princeton, taking of Princeton, so called; -and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; further was his a witness. And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
John Hooker
John Forrest
I John Hooker being first sworn, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Forrest did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
John Hooker
I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court at Canaan do certify and attest, that the abovenamed John Forrest is the person described in the foregoing declaration and that the foregoing is his signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
J. Woodbridge

John Forest -
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Parker L. Allen Lenox

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this first day of July 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of records for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Forest aged 63 years, resident in Sheffield in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Libenius Ball in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Shephard in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated April 27 - A.D. 1818 and that his pension certificate is numbered 4,438
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent, thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed—schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted—to wit : Thirty two acres & one half & two rods of mountain poor land, situate in the East part of Sheffield, about ten acres of it can be cultivated to very little advantage - being rocky & the product small - it is worth including buildings - five dollars per acre - I have repaired the buildings & their chief value consists in the repairs I have made from my pension money - one cow 20 dol. 1 swine worth 5 dol. 5 sheep which I let out - my land not sufficient to pasture them 4.50 Iron ware / noted kettles 3.33 - 4 chairs 1.33 - Clock & wares 1.00 wooden ware - tubs, pail, churn & dipper, 1.00 - scythe, axe & hoe 0.75 - old carts meat barrel & mortar 1.00 - old plow & other old farming utensils 3.33, 1 rifle 5.00 knives & forks - 75 cts 1 bush. rye 50 cts 1 do. corn 50 cts
That I am by occupation a Farmer - that I am now unable to labour from age & infirmity, my wife is aged 60 years & is unable to work - that the number of family residing with me is  that their names and ages are as follows : I have raised a large family of Children all of whom are gone from me & none of them able to assist me in my old age - that (Signed) John Forest
Sworn to, and declared on the first day of July 1820, before the said Court Parker L. Hall Clerk pro tem.
I Parker L. Hall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Two hundred eight dollars and forty nine cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this sixth day of August 1820.
Parker L. Hall } CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

January 29, 1938
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John Forist, S.34868
BA-J/MCS Am
Mrs. W. A. Sherwood 112 West Jersey Street Elizabeth, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Forrest or Be Forrest, a Revolutionary War soldier of Sheffield, Massachusetts.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.34868, based upon the military service of John Forist (personal signature Forist).
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted at Springfield, Massachusetts, in January, 1776, as private in Captain Lebbeus Ball's company in Colonel William Shepard's Massachusetts regiment; he was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, at the capture of Burgoyne, in the battle of East Chester and in the siege of Yorktown and was discharged June 3, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was living in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and stated that he was sixty-one years of age.
In 1820 John Forist was living in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and he then stated that his wife was sixty years of age and that he had raised a large family of children. The name of his wife was not given and a son, Ziba D. Forist, who was living in 1829 was the only child's name that was given.
John Forist died December 28, 1828, in Sheffield, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

GreenKille 28th. October 1829
I have received Land Warrant N o 1562 issued by the Secretary of War to Ziba Forrest and the other heirs at law to John Forrest who was a Private of the Massachusetts Line in the Army of the Revolution
Simis Wakeley
To W m Gordon Esquire of the U States Bounty Land Office
at N o 1560 I send enclosed L W

The Pension Bureau Washington - D.C.
Gentlemen: -
I should be very greatly obliged if you would send me a copy of the pension record of John Forrest (or de Forrest) who served in the Revolutionary War - enlisting from Sheffield - Mass. I believe he applied for pension in 1818 or thereabouts.
Yours Truly
Hattie M Sherwood (Mrs W A)
112 West Jersey St Elizabeth N J
1-20-38

34 868 Rev INVALID.
1938 Jan. 29 Inst. to Mrs. W.A. Sherwood. M.C.T.
File No. 34,868
John Forrest His Rev Par
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 2, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Forrest N o 1562

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of Massachusetts } County of Berkshire } s
I, Ziba D. Forrest son and heir at law of John Forrest do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that John Forrest did enlist in 1776, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. Long under the command of Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until one thousand seven hundred eighty three further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the s d John Forrest on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: Therefore, KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Ziba D. Forrest aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Lewis Wake Ly of Granville to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
Bushrod H. Underwood
Ziba D. Forrest
Personally appeared the above named Ziba D. Forrest subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
Reuben Baldwin } Witness
Levi L. Smith
Justice of the Peace.
Berkshire
In testimony that the abovewritten Levi L. Smith was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the state of Massachusetts County of Berkshire at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Lenox this 24. - day of September 1829
Chas Sedgwick County Clerk, &c.
I also certify that it appears by the oath of Reuben Baldwin to me known that the above power of attorney & the acknowledgment thereof were taken & executed in this month of September on or about the twelfth day of said month.
Sept. 24. 1829.
Chas Sedgwick Clerk & Justice of the Peace.

STATE of Massachusetts } ss. Berkshire County. }
Probate Office, Lenox Sept 24. 1829.
I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that Fiba D. Forrest is Son and one of the heirs at law in fee to John Forrest dec d late of Sheffield in said County late a soldier in the Regiment of N o . 4 under the command of Col. Jackson of the Massachusetts line.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this twenty fourth day of September — 1829.
William Walker Judge of Probate
The above form will answer for the following States: viz.
  Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont,  } Judge of Probate.    New York, New Jersey,    South Carolina, Georgia,    Surrogate. Ordinary.
and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid: and